James Patterson (left) and Bill Clinton sign copies of their new book on June 5.
By Tuesday, “
The President Is Missing” had soared to No. 1 on both the Amazon and Barnes & Noble best-seller lists — after drawing record crowds last weekend at BookCon and at a signing at Barnes & Noble in Union Square in New York City on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the authors take their nationwide book tour to Philadelphia, for an interview by writer Lee Child.
The book has already sold the rights for a Showtime network drama series,
reportedly for more than $5 million.
Said Barnes & Noble fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley: “I’ve never seen a collaboration like this in my career, with two truly unique authors who are both incredible storytellers.”
The deal also features an unusual collaboration by two publishing houses — the Knopf imprint of the Penguin Random House empire, which was Clinton’s past publisher, and the Little, Brown imprint of Hachette Books, which is Patterson’s longtime publishing house.
Washington, DC, lawyer Robert Barnett represents Clinton and Patterson and cooked up the unusual cooperative arrangement.
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